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Honey, not marmalade, is saving the real ‘Paddington Bear’

Drought and conflict with farmers are threatening Bolivia’s Andean bear – the real-life Paddington Bear. Now a beekeeping project is helping protect this endangered species. Elsa Limachi looks silently at the mountains around her small straw house. She is scanning her surroundings for the Andean bear. This small “spectacled” bear, with its circular golden markings […]